Research Article

Epidemiological and Molecular Characteristics of the PB1-F2 Proteins in H7N9 Influenza Viruses, Jiangsu

Table 1

Selection pressure analysis of PB1-F2 protein of H7N9 and H9N2 virus using SLAC, FEL, and REL methods.

MethodsPositive selection site dataNegative selection site data
PositionNormalised () dN/dS valueBayes factorPositionNormalised () dN/dS valueBayes factor

SLAC4811.390.026/24−7.980.039/
65−9.360.032/

FEL2153.250.028/24−46.260.007/
3725.160.097/65−57.340.052/
4627.010.091/
4877.940.003/
5433.570.042/
8230.980.039/

REL302.43/83.3016−9.51/131.91
382.44/113.3924−14.28/10558.2
433.65/118.3965−12.57/11504.5
4818.14/357.09
642.38/200.36
723.71/198.05
824.75/187.46

SLAC: single likelihood ancestor counting.
FEL: fixed effects likelihood.
REL: random effects likelihood.